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you cannot play 4-4-2 as the risk ofr being overrun in midfield is too great.. they have ballack lampard essien and makelele

we should go

                       marshall

colin      dublin            shackell      drury

     fotheringham   safri      lappin

croft                                          huckerby

                     brown

subs: gallagher, doherty, hughes, etuhu, martin

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[quote user="joshmickelburgh"]

you cannot play 4-4-2 as the risk ofr being overrun in midfield is too great.. they have ballack lampard essien and makelele

we should go

                       marshall

colin      dublin            shackell      drury

     fotheringham   safri      lappin

croft                                          huckerby

                     brown

subs: gallagher, doherty, hughes, etuhu, martin

[/quote]

thats how i would go, perhaps have Hucks closer to Brown with Lappin going wide but as you say we don''t want a good hiding so maybe having Hucks wide will make us more solid as long as he doesn''t leave the left too exposed if he doesn''t track back

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Looks good to me- fully agree with the midfield problem as thay also have Wright Phillips, Cole, Jan Obi Mikel and Robben but I don''t know how many of those are injured or risked by Mourinho. I would be tempted to play Martin from the start as his confidence must be high after the goal last night.

Only other possible change might be Hughes for Colin as Hughes has looked better at right back than in midfield and is a bit tougher than Colin though lacks some pace. Also, Fotheringham didn''t look to be a tackling type of player so slotting Hughes in there might bolster the right.

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or we could try and match ther diamond if they play ther usual formation

                Cech

Ferreira Terry Carvalho Cole

               Makalele

        Ballack         Essien

                 Lampard

         Drogba   Shevchenko

we could have:

             Marshall

Colin Dublin Shackell Drury

                 Safri

          Croft      Lappin

                 Fozzy

         Brown Huckerby

Using this formation we would match them but also be able to play with 2 up front, because if you go to chelsea you might aswell give it a go

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Good point but I''d stick with 4-4-2, tell the wide players to run at the Chelsea defence at each and every opportunity and to really go for it-nothing to lose, and I''d rather we lost 5-2 than 2-0. We don''t have the players to defend but we do have a bit of pace and guile about us, so we may as well try to make something of that...

                                                                                        Marshall

                                                                             Colin-Shacks-Dublin-Drury

                                                                          Croft-Fotheringham-Safri-Lappin

                                                                                      Hucks-Brown

 

Saf would sit in front of the back 4, almost playing a sweeper role.

 

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What would you like to see??

Here is mine.  

                                          Marshall

Colin                  Dublin                        Shackell            Drury

 

         Croft                     Fotherham               Lappin

 

         Martin                     Brown                   Huckerby            

I say just go for it...Nothing to lose!! 

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I hope we played 4-4-2, because we just do not want to sit back and invite them to attack, just let them worry about Hucks and Chris Martin...

Marshall

Colin      Dublin            Shackell      Drury

Croft     Fotheringham   Safri      Lappin

Brown   Huckerby

                     

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Interesting that no one picks Etuhu and yet Worthy and Grant have both played him for virtually every minute of every game! Please drop him!!

I''d go:

Marshall

Colin, Dublin, Shackell, Lappin

Croft, Saf, Fozzy, Hucks

Brown, Martin

Play people to their strengths and not out of position - esp Hucks, and give Martin a chance.

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Marshall,

Colin, Dublin, Doherty, Drury

Croft, Safri, Fotheringham, Lappin

Brown, Huckerby

Would love to see Martin actually start this game but do not know enough about him to know whether he''s got the compusure for a game like this yet. Anyway, I''ll keep faith with Brown. Not the greatest Doc fan around, but having read another post it sounds interesting that Doc/Dublin could actually work out to be our strongest partnership.

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-------------Marshall--------------

--Hughes--Shacks--Dion--Drury--

--Croft---Fozzy-Saffers---Hucks--

----------Martin--Brown----------

 

Subs: Colin, Doc, McVeigh, Lappin, Etuhu

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                Marshall,

Colin, Dublin, Shackell, Drury

Croft, Safri, Fotheringham, Lappin

           Brown, Huckerby

I don''t like to think of the Doc playing given Chelsea''s rep for diving and his rep for making contact with players.

I reckon martin will come on as substitute for this one and start against preston. This is for 3 reasons:

1) I hear he is the same kind of player as hucks, who should not be

dropped in his form and it is better to go with the brown/hucks

large/little combo.

2) If he starts with hucks banned it keeps the pressure off, he knows

he has earnt a starting place over all bar hucks (if told first reason)

and if/when he is dropped back to sub for next match, it won''t be

because of how he played and so dispirit him.

3) we are expected to lose at Preston so if he does badly it isn''t

likely to cost us points. Preston away is a nothing to lose game for

us, if we get anything it is a bonus, if we lose it was expected.

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 i think that chelsea have got a champions league game midweek so will we see an under strength chelsea team being put out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

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